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yeah ok so i've kinda gotten into book collecting. i've only paid over a thousand for three books: ~$5,000 for a signed first edition (Fair) of <i>Finnegan's Wake</i>, ~$3,000 for a signed ARC (Mint) of <i>Infinite Jest</i> (later sold for $5,000), and $3,000 for an unsigned first edition ( | yeah ok so i've kinda gotten into book collecting. i've only paid over a thousand for three books: ~$5,000 for a signed first edition (Fair) of <i>Finnegan's Wake</i>, ~$3,000 for a signed ARC (Mint) of <i>Infinite Jest</i> (later sold for $5,000), and $3,000 for an unsigned first edition (Very Fine) of <i>Gravity's Rainbow</i> (later sold for $4,500). I have no intentions of selling the <i>Wake</i>. | ||
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===Signed=== | ===Signed=== | ||
* Signed first Burroughs (Naked Lunch) | * Signed first Burroughs (<i>Naked Lunch</i>) | ||
* Signed first Burroughs (The Last Words of Dutch Schultz) | * Signed first Burroughs (<i>The Last Words of Dutch Schultz</i>) | ||
* Signed first Ginsberg (Collected Poems) | * Signed first Ginsberg (<i>Collected Poems</i>) | ||
* Signed first Flynn (Gone Girl) | * Signed first Flynn (<i>Gone Girl</i>) | ||
* Signed first Coupland (Microserfs) | * Signed first Coupland (<i>Microserfs</i>) | ||
* Signed first Leyner (My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist) | * Signed first Leyner (<i>My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist</i>) | ||
* Signed first Gibson (Burning Chrome) | * Signed first Gibson (<i>Burning Chrome</i>) | ||
* Signed first Joyce (Finnegan's Wake) | * Signed first Joyce (<i>Finnegan's Wake</i>) | ||
* Signed first Penrose (The Road to Reality) | * Signed first Penrose (<i>The Road to Reality</i>) | ||
* Signed Ginsberg (Howl and Other Poems) | * Signed Ginsberg (<i>Howl and Other Poems</i>) | ||
* Signed Ferlinghetti (Coney Island of the Mind and Other Poems) | * Signed Ferlinghetti (<i>Coney Island of the Mind and Other Poems</i>) | ||
* Signed Wilson (Illuminatus! | * Signed Wilson (<i>Illuminatus!</i> trilogy, omnibus edition) | ||
* Signed Schrödinger (lecture notes) | * Signed Schrödinger (lecture notes) | ||
===Signed at publisher=== | ===Signed at publisher=== | ||
* Signed Rovelli (Helgoland) (Easton Press) | These are special editions, signed <i>en bloc</i> at the publisher, usually in elaborate hardcover presentation and including a statement of authenticity. Suntup, Easton Press, and Franklin Press are major purveyors. The Folio society prints similar editions, but does not generally have them signed. | ||
* Signed Wilzcek (Ten Keys to Reality) (Easton Press) | * Signed Rovelli (<i>Helgoland</i>) (Easton Press) | ||
* Signed Dyson (Disturbing the Universe) (Easton Press) | * Signed Wilzcek (<i>Ten Keys to Reality</i>) (Easton Press) | ||
* Signed Gibson (Neuromancer) (Easton Press) | * Signed Dyson (<i>Disturbing the Universe</i>) (Easton Press) | ||
* Signed Ellison (Invisible Man) (Franklin Press) | * Signed Gibson (<i>Neuromancer</i>) (Easton Press) | ||
* Signed Styron (Sophie's Choice) (Franklin Press) | * Signed Ellison (<i>Invisible Man</i>) (Franklin Press) | ||
* Signed first McCarthy (The Passenger+Stella Maris, both signed in boxset) | * Signed Styron (<i>Sophie's Choice</i>) (Franklin Press) | ||
* Signed first McCarthy (<i>The Passenger</i>+<i>Stella Maris</i>, both signed in boxset) | |||
Revision as of 20:56, 12 April 2024
yeah ok so i've kinda gotten into book collecting. i've only paid over a thousand for three books: ~$5,000 for a signed first edition (Fair) of Finnegan's Wake, ~$3,000 for a signed ARC (Mint) of Infinite Jest (later sold for $5,000), and $3,000 for an unsigned first edition (Very Fine) of Gravity's Rainbow (later sold for $4,500). I have no intentions of selling the Wake.
(Probably) not happening
These don't generally sell for less than $25,000, if they exist. I cannot at this time justify spending $25K on a book.
- Signed first Ulysses
- Signed Feynman Lectures on Physics
- Signed Discipline of Programming (Dijkstra) (do any exist?)
Dream acquisitions
These run $5K--$25K if you want them in any decent shape.
- Signed first Blood Meridian
- Signed first Dubliners
- Signed first Gravity's Rainbow
- First Moby-Dick
- Signed Gone with the Wind
- Signed first Waiting for Godot
- Signed T. S. Eliot (ideally some printing of The Waste Land)
- Signed first Ariel (Plath)
- Signed first Rushdie (The Satanic Verses)
Doable
- Signed first Infinite Jest
- Signed Schrodinger's Cat trilogy
- Signed first The Power of One
- Signed first American Prometheus
- Signed first A Clockwork Orange
- Signed first The Making of the Atomic Bomb
- Signed first The Soul of a New Machine
- Signed first The Emperor of All Maladies
- Signed first Watership Down
Got 'em
Unsigned rarities
- First McCarthy (Blood Meridian)
Signed
- Signed first Burroughs (Naked Lunch)
- Signed first Burroughs (The Last Words of Dutch Schultz)
- Signed first Ginsberg (Collected Poems)
- Signed first Flynn (Gone Girl)
- Signed first Coupland (Microserfs)
- Signed first Leyner (My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist)
- Signed first Gibson (Burning Chrome)
- Signed first Joyce (Finnegan's Wake)
- Signed first Penrose (The Road to Reality)
- Signed Ginsberg (Howl and Other Poems)
- Signed Ferlinghetti (Coney Island of the Mind and Other Poems)
- Signed Wilson (Illuminatus! trilogy, omnibus edition)
- Signed Schrödinger (lecture notes)
Signed at publisher
These are special editions, signed en bloc at the publisher, usually in elaborate hardcover presentation and including a statement of authenticity. Suntup, Easton Press, and Franklin Press are major purveyors. The Folio society prints similar editions, but does not generally have them signed.
- Signed Rovelli (Helgoland) (Easton Press)
- Signed Wilzcek (Ten Keys to Reality) (Easton Press)
- Signed Dyson (Disturbing the Universe) (Easton Press)
- Signed Gibson (Neuromancer) (Easton Press)
- Signed Ellison (Invisible Man) (Franklin Press)
- Signed Styron (Sophie's Choice) (Franklin Press)
- Signed first McCarthy (The Passenger+Stella Maris, both signed in boxset)
